When you think Florida, you think sunny skies and warmth, which is why we
spent our first collective summer vacation in the US in Florida in August
2000. Twelve days of baking in the sun and exploring. Here's the flight
out.

Here's one of the high spots, the Jet Ski that we took out on Key
Biscayne. It's not on the move in the photo, but it was, and on a choppy
sea (there were storms and strong winds circling around us, but they rarely made
themselves more present to us than a fireworks display) it was a blast!

Marie-Hélène
took the first shift, on the left, and then the rest of us all took turns.

Below on the left is Ian bringing in Charlie (in front of him) and
Daphné (behind).
Charlie kept telling him to slow down! The jetski bounced, even on that calm
sea, and there were times when it thumped as it landed.

And we stayed at a wonderful hotel in Key Biscayne with a swimming pool to
die for, visible here and here.

As the Florida Tourist Board will certainly tell you,
Florida is not all sun and sea. One of the other attractions is the
Kennedy Space Center, home of the USA's biggest and brightest
accomplishment of the 20th Century, putting a man on the moon. Here
he is, with Alban, Charles and Daphné.

And how many of you know that the Salvador Dali Museum is in
St Petersburg, Florida? It's "(t)he world's most comprehensive
collection of the works of Salvador Dali", and can be found at http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/.
We went there, and it was most impressive and as enjoyable to watch as was
Dali himself. Here he is below, flaunting his later years, in a
picture which is NOT ours.

There are also alligators, but due to a lack of moral fiber,
when we found them off the side of the road we did not seek photographic
opportunities. They were big, and looked prehistoric. We are neither
big nor prehistoric. Instead, we found this miniature post office
off the side of the road a few miles later on, and boldly took its
picture. Isn't it cute? We don't have to ask why it serves so
few people. The Everglades were already occupied when people
arrived.